Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spelling: Goniacardia
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)
Parent taxon: Trigoniocardia according to H. E. Vokes 1989
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Cardium (Trigoniocardia) ballenium, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) cabopasadum, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) gadsdenense, Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia), Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia), Trigoniocardia carolinae, Trigoniocardia cordeliae, Trigoniocardia graniferum, Trigoniocardia heredia, Trigoniocardia sambaicum
Subtaxa: Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) callopleurum Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) melajoensis
Type: Cardium (Fragum) callopleurum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence